Zimbabwe again hinted it might show flexibility in its stance towards foreign mining companies, with a government official saying a law forcing them to surrender 51 percent stakes to local people was “an aspiration“, not a hard target. Reuters reports the rather groundbreaking remarks took place at a mining conference today by Prince Mupazviriho, the [...]
We as an international community have a duty in newfound opportunity: we must pay close attention to the booms in present-day Zimbabwe in order for them to respectively blossom in to sustainable pillars of development. We must also accept and address certain realities hindering our ‘getting on-board’. The Zimbabwean mining sector is expected to grow [...]
Its an interesting public relations tactic – Zimbabwe’s indigenization laws equate to radical political action which immediately hinders foreign investment, and to counter this clear trend, the Gov’t issues a press release that the aim of such action is to encourage investment security through indigenous participation. Why haven’t we heard this before? Why has the [...]
Top secret dispatches by former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell have been leaked by a website in a development which will undoubtedly further strain relations between the US and Zanu PF; what bodes ill in the long-term is that the dispatches further jeopardize ties with the MDC. In the dispatches sent before his [...]
The shooting at point blank range of another farmer in the Selous district of Zimbabwe again highlights the deteriorating situation currently being faced in the rural farming areas and acts as yet another warning of severe pre-election violence ramping up and hindering the lifting of EU sanctions and returning foreign interest. This is a symptom [...]
Things are looking worse than ever in Zimbabwe, as the increasingly isolated President Robert Mugabe defied international pressure and outright condemnation to proceed with a “one-candidate poll” in the runoff election for the presidency on Friday – leaving not only the beleaguered public, but also foreign and domestic businesses, between a rock and a hard [...]
